Quotes About Progress

Everybody grows up by leaps, and not by a steady climb like a mountaineer.

Nothing goes on forever. And if you stay patient, problems tend to go away in time.

The twentieth century will be American. American thought will dominate it. American progress will give it color and direction. American deeds will make it illustrious. Civilization will never lose its hold on Shanghai. Civilization will never depart from Hongkong. The gates of Peking will never again be closed to the methods of modern man. The regeneration of the world, physical as well as moral, has begun, and revolutions never move backwards.

With people like that we needn't despair of civilisation

The addition of the typewriter to the printing-press has given a new and horrible impetus to the spread of half-baked thought.

admire the United States not for what we were but for what we might become. Self-governing democracy was not an established creed, but a program for growth.

For whatsoe'er their sufferings were before, That change they covet makes them suffer more. All other errors but disturb a state; But innovation is the blow of fate.

The modern hero is a person who does something everyone thinks they could do if they were a little stronger, a little faster, a little smarter, or a little more generous. Heroes in ancient times were the link between men and perfect beings, gods. Heroes in modern times are the link between man as he is and man as he could be.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.

Finally, we choose to believe it's happening.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. John F. Kennedy

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on. [Address before the United Nations, September 20 1963]

The rising tide lifts all the boats.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past, let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

Our problems are manmade--therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable--and we believe they can do it again.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop those talents.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

Our progress as a nation can be not swifter than our progress in education.

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.

Today our concern must be with the future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The old ways will not do.

We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain future now.